### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-flow-for-group-membership-requests/64412/22 "2018-06-06T08:35:03Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> I am putting #pr-welcome on this, I would like to improve usability of adding users to a group after a mod gets a membership request.
So, to start with, this is about adding a link into the PM that gets sent to the group owner when someone requests group membership, right? The link should lead to the respective group’s page (`groups/`), open the “add members” modal and ideally also already add the new users username into the modal so that the group owner only needs to press “+ Add”.
The last bits seems to be the difficult part:
- is there a URL to navigate to the modal or would it have to be implemented as well?
- even if I can open the modal with a URL, I suppose that there is currently no way of adding a username to that URL, right?
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-flow-for-group-membership-requests/64412/23 "2023-07-21T20:54:00Z")
We’ve been handling quite a few group membership requests recently, and the current workflow has been causing us a bit of pain. I’ve got an idea to markedly improve it, which could (hopefully) be quite easy to implement.
## Current Workflow
1. User hits the  button
2. The user is placed in a queue accessed via `/g/group-name/requests` _and_ a PM is generated with this text:
- **Membership Request for @group-name**
xxxxxx text from the user (uses template in group settings)
- This is sent to the group owners who have recently been active (not sure of how this is calculated)
3. Group owners see the PM
- this includes a link to **handle membership request** above the message text
(links to /g/group-name/requests?filter=username)
4. One of the group owners deals with the request
5. A _ **new** _ PM is generated
- **You’ve been accepted into @group-name** (or rejected if that is the case)
Your request to enter @fci-members has been accepted and you are now a member.
- This is sent to the user, from the group owner (just the one who dealt with the request)
## Problems with current workfow
1. The other group owners can’t tell if the request has been dealt with easily
2. The owner who approves / rejects the user can’t easily add to / modify the generated PM
3. (minor issue) There are two PM topics (there only needs to be one)
## Suggested Change
You can probably guess this already!
**Make the second PM instead be a reply to the first PM, rather than a whole new message.**
This would fix all 3 of the problems nicely, closing the communication loop, giving good visibility to all group owners, minimising unnecessary notifications, and promoting positive community interactions.
What do you think?
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### Author:  [@jmlord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmlord)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-flow-for-group-membership-requests/64412/24 "2024-04-17T13:34:31Z")
We are having a similar issue: group owners contact me to understand why they get to the request page and find it empty (since someone else accepted the request first).
> [@nathank](#):
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> Make the second PM instead be a reply to the first PM, rather than a whole new message.
I believe Nathan’s solution would be a good one. It doesn’t change the workflow so much for the users and effectively removes the confusion.
In the meantime, I advise the group leads to leave a trace: like the message so the other community owner could see it, or leave a short welcome message.
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-flow-for-group-membership-requests/64412/29 "2024-09-15T01:23:03Z")
> [@jmlord](#):
>
> I believe Nathan’s solution would be a good one. It doesn’t change the workflow so much for the users and effectively removes the confusion.
I think that the Discourse team agreed - this seems to be the way it is now!
Not sure when that change got snuck in, but I’m delighted 👏
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-flow-for-group-membership-requests/64412/30 "2024-09-15T04:17:28Z")
> [@nathank](#):
>
> Not sure when that change got snuck in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/26974](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/26974)
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-flow-for-group-membership-requests/64412/31 "2024-09-15T12:03:30Z")
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